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The Archies sound engineer Ankur Tewari: We wanted to tease, but not overindulge
Updated On: 23 October, 2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
The Archies sound engineer and supervisor Ankur Tewari explains how he hopes to keep viewers entertained as they gear up for his 16-song musical
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The cast of the film at the launch of Sunoh
The transitive property in mathematics states that if a equals b, and b equals c, then a equals c. In cinema though, we wonder if this equality would be challenged. Zoya Akhtar never makes a bad film; musicals rarely work in Bollywood; Zoya Akhtar is making a musical. Given Akhtar’s past streak, and the fact that The Archies is set to serve as the launch pad for the kids of the industry’s biggest stars, it’s safe to suppose that the film would be delightful. How accurately though, does it fit into the defined template of a musical? Entirely, promises sound engineer Ankur Tewari.
“We have 16 songs, some of which are as short as 20 seconds. A piece of poetry, or music, takes the story forward, and the idea was to do it in a way such that the viewer doesn’t notice that a song has begun. It needed to be done, organically, as though the audience was seamlessly flowing into and out of the dialogues and the songs. It needed to feel as natural as simply watching a scene, which is why we used music as a texture. We wanted to keep viewers on their toes—excited, and indulgent. We wanted to tease and flirt, but not overindulge. It’s interesting to see how Zoya has used the music.”
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